^Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
As of September 2021[update], the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has evaluated the conservation status of 15 species within Chromista.[1]
The IUCN has not evaluated any protist species other than those in Chromista. No Chromista subspecies or subpopulations have been evaluated. No evaluated Chromista species are confirmed to be extinct, but four are tagged as possibly extinct.
^"IUCN Red List version 2021-2". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). ISSN2307-8235. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2019.